50 years of Super Bowl photography

John Biever at Super Bowl I

Photographer John Biever is part of a small and very exclusive club. He is one of only four photographers who've been on the field to chronicle every Super Bowl since 1967.

Biever was 15 when his father, a team photographer for the Green Bay Packers, got him credentials for Super Bowl I. By Super Bowl IV, he had a press pass. He went on to shoot for NFL Films, NFL Properties and Sports Illustrated.

Pictured here is John Biever, left, with his father at Super Bowl I in 1967.

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Max McGee at Super Bowl I

"I had Max McGee's first touchdown," Biever said of this shot from Super Bowl I. "It's kind of a wide shot showing empty stands in the background."

Lynn Swan at Super Bowl XIV

Super Bowl XVII

The Miami Dolphins faced off with the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVII. The Redskins beat the Dolphins 27-17.

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John Biever

John Biever sat down with CBS News as he prepares to photograph his 50th Super Bowl.

Biever and the other three photographers who have photographed all of the Super Bowls -- Mickey Palmer, Walter Iooss and Tony Tomsic -- were profiled recently in the ESPN documentary "Keepers of the Streak."

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John Biever on the sidelines

"Now it's all auto-focus equipment. That little talent of being able to follow and focus the action is gone," Biever says of modern football photography.

Although the game of football and photography have changed over the past 50 years, one thing remains the same: John Biever will be at the Super Bowl, with his camera.